What is your least favorite Pokémon and why?

Jynx. Nothing to do with the controversy, I always hated it. I rarely like human-like Pokemon, and IMHO she's the worst design of the lot.

Really roasting Qualladin but I don't like it either.

For me, it's gotta be Raticate. It's been in every gen and it's just a gross fat rat. I don't get why Game Freak is so obsessed with it. It's on every island in Alola.

Lucario. I remember being really disappointed when they first revealed him, I was so excited for gen 4 and he looked so dumb. Not to mention that as one of the "iconic" gen four pokemon Nintendo pushed, he showed up everywhere (and still continued to) and I was so sick of it. What's Lucario even supposed to be anyway, a warrior monk dog with ESP? No joke, when they first showed a picture of him I thought he was supposed to be a clown or something (would've fit in with those guys who gave you the watch)

Aromatisse. It looks like those glittery big-eyed stuffed animals you see in Claire's or something.

Alolan dugtrio and alolan Persian are soooo bad they make me want to cry. Conkeldurr is absolutely horrifying. Barbaracle. Yes Quilladin is hideous and unforgivable too.

alolan persian......enough said

Medicham, don't know why, absolutely hate the design. I agree with you that Chespin is good but the other two evolutions are rubbish

Ok I usually respect people’s opinions on individual Pokémon, but if anyone tells me they like Pelipper in person I will taser them.

• Crap, unoriginal design

• Usually has drizzle, just to make encounters that extra 2 seconds longer

• If I wanted a water/flying type I’d have a Gyarados

• Appears in damn near every game meaning there is no escape (even in Sword and Shield I mean seriously you ditch hundreds of beloved Pokémon just to make a giant Pelipper)

• Surf encounter, meaning they are frequent and a nuisance

• It and Wingull can be caught on what feels like half the routes of the average Pokémon region

• Pelipper sounds really stupid when saying it

I rest my case.

Incineroar, Delphox, Emboar. I hate how they go from quadrupeds to bipedal animals in such an unnatural way.

Ice cream cones.

I have nothing against their looks or anything, it's their origins, their reason for being. A lot of Pokémon are based off of animals, and a very large portion and their evolutions come from mythology. There's a purpose behind them. A reason for them to exist.

You can say Geodude all you want, but Geodude could resemble a mythological creature. Even if he doesn't, he can blend in with his surroundings. It's a defense mechanism. Voltorb and Electrode? They resemble an object thousands of years old that was specificallt designed to capture Pokémon. Perhaps they were the original inspirations for the shape and colours, or maybe ball technology was invented by watching or studying them (they are electric, after all).

There is no purpose to an ice cream cone. There is no mythological tie-in. Its evolution is pointless. You can't say "but Pokémon have taken the shape of artificial objects before" because they haven't. Not like this. A keychain? That's actually very plausible for a dozen different reasons among faeries, not to mention magical significance behind keys themselves (and by extension, doors). There are a lot of human objects that are perfectly plausible for a Pokémon and an ice cream cone simply isn't one of them. I mean come on, it's literal food. That's not a defense mechanism, it's a suicide attempt.

I don't like the Gurdurr line either, but nowhere near as bad. It's a Pokémon who picked up some metal. Perfectly understandable and it makes a lot of sense. With human construction, Pokémon would surely be involved. But they treat it like the beam is part of the Pokémon, which doesn't make much sense, and even if it was, we have the Machop line.

He looks like gus gus!

Toss up between Simisear and Ambipom.

Simisear because every single body part it has is ugly. And I mean everything; the face, the ears, the hands, the legs, the belly, you name it. Combine that with almost no reason to use it in battle and you have the perfect abomination.

And then there's Ambipom. Aipom is one of my favorite pokemon, and Ambipom just takes every aspect of Aipom's design and makes it afwul. But at least it's kinda fun to use it competitively, so that sorta keeps it from being my absolute least favorite.

I'm not a fan of Yungoos or Gumshoos. I mean, yes, they were terrific for memes, but that's about it.

Stunfisk. I don't know why I hate it. All I remember is that as soon as I caught one, I wonder traded it away immediately. I've never done this with any Pokémon I caught, not even Pokémon like Trubbish, which is a close second. It could be because I don't like its look.

Masquerain. That typing.

Mr Mime. I really hate how he looks, I hate that he got a baby version, and I just hate everything about the concept. Even worse, it was the original exclusive for my region in Go ¬¬

Though I have a hard time hating any pokemon, one exception is Bronzor, bloody thing's a pain in the ass to fight in the Gen 4 games if you don't have a Ghost or Fire-type that isn't from the Chimchar line.

Zeraora or whatever it’s called. It just kinda popped up. I don’t know what event it came from but it’s just a lightning furry that came out of nowhere and is now the flagship Pokémon for angsty teens.

Trubbish and garbadour. Literally trash.

Tympole, ugliest Pokemon ever. Along with Nosepass and Probopass. Why would I want a giant ugly nose? It makes me think of boogers too.

Wingull, it freaking pisses me off whenever I encounter it, stop goddamn using supersonic.

Same with Ekans, I kinda like arbok but screw Ekans just let me run from this battle.

As for design:

Absol I really hate it it’s so ugly and edgy, and really boring backstory.

Keep in mind that these are my opinions.

How has no one mentioned Binacle? It looks like it belongs in a Spongebob episode.

Patrat/Watchog.

Also many human-like pokemon are just ... no. Like Tsareena, Florges, Gothitelle, Jynx, Mr.Mime... Even Sawk and Thror to some degree. For some reason Gardevoir line is the only one that I think they did well as it is not too humanlike + it doesn't have goddamn lipstick.

Snivy. And the entire Snivy evolution line, it’s just so bland and lame. There’s no creativity to it.

I like Delphox quite a bit actually, and I agree Chespin is pretty lame lol, my least favorite though is probably Vanillite. Ice cream cone Pokemon? Big yikes for me

Florges. I feel like this Pokémon is sooo lazy. Like a flower with a face and arms. Hmmm. Where have I seen that before? Also, no offense to anyone, but I hate the fairy type with a passion. That doesn’t help with Florges either.

Alolan Exeggutor and Alolan Dugtrio. I can't stand their designs.

The entire Klink line... specifically, Klang... I find it really unnecessary & uninspired across all categories of design, naming & typing.

I find other commonly disliked Pokemon & the ones listed in this thread so far, at least bring something different to the table, as useless or "ugly" as they may be - they inspire SOME sort of emotive response - Klink does not.

I'd follow that up with Vanillish, as I feel it's super unnecessary as a middle evo. .. it's just "filler".

I feel like with Klang & Vanillish, they just didn't care enough to consider "purpose" or the need to exist & just settled for dex filler. Their lines would've worked just fine without them.

Aesthetically, the entire Tympole line.

The Pokemon I wish had a different design the most is Rhyperior though. It's nowhere close to my least favorite design but I still find it really ugly and way too bulky--and prior to gen IV Rhydon was one of my favorite mons and a staple on all of my Kanto teams but now I never really use it just because I don't care for Rhyperior's appearance.

Dugtrio. It's a horrible and lazy design. It's not cute, or strong. It's just three brown cylinders with faces. ugh

I am so tired of Landorous(therian form specifically) and its Earthquake,intimidate,stealth rock,and its typing being immune to Earthquake itself!

Simisage. I dislike all the elemental monkeys because of how many fucking times they're used in Gen V in contrast to how interesting they are. But I especially hate Simisage because of that stupid fucking triangle on its head. Is that supposed to be a pompadour? Pompadours go OUT, you stupid ape, not UP. God, I hate you. Grookey's a billioin times cuter than you and always will be.

Primarene, weird furry dragqueen mermaid